Grundig GDR 5550 HDD User Manual

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10Menus and navigationYou can access the various menus of your HDD DVD recorderdirectly using the main menu, or with individual buttons on theremote c

100DivX©Video registration 1 Press »SET UP« to open the setup menu.2 Select »SETUP-MENU – VIDEO« ( ) with »S« or »A«and press »OK« to confirm.3 Select

ENGLISH101Technical dataThis product fulfils the European directives 89/336/EEC, 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC.This device conforms to the safety regulation

102General information on laser devicesYour system is a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. This means that the laser is designed in such a way as toensure that th

ENGLISH103TroubleshootingNot every picture or sound problem is caused by a defect in your HDD DVD recorder. Impairment canalso be caused by leads havi

104INFORMATION _________________________Problem Possible cause/remedyDisc drive noises during HDDarchive playback.The HDD DVD recorder does notwork wi

ENGLISH105Environmental noteThis product has been made from high-quality parts and materials which can be re-used and recycled.Therefore, do not throw

106Additional Information for units sold in the UK.Units sold in the UK are suitable for operation from a 240V ac, 50Hz mainssupply.The range of multi

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ENGLISH11The front of the HDD DVD recorderǼ Switches the HDD DVD recorder in and out ofstandby mode.In standby mode, the current time and day of the w

12The displays of the HDD DVD recorderREPEAT ALL Repeat functions activated.REPEAT A-BMP3 Disc mode with MP3 CD.P N PAL or NTSC standard is selec

ENGLISH13The back of the HDD DVD recorderANTENNAANTENNA IN Antenna input socket(for the rooftop antenna).OUT ➞TV Antenna output socket(to the televisi

14OVERVIEW______________________________VIDEO INVIDEO IN Video input socket for connecting a videorecorder, DVD player or AV receiver witha cinch sock

ENGLISH15OVERVIEW______________________________The remote controlǼ Switches the HDD DVD recorder in and out of standby mode.In standby mode, the curre

16% Switches to forwards slow motion* at various speedsduring playback.! Freeze-frame/pause.Advances the picture frame by frame.7 Interrupts playback.

ENGLISH17SELECT Switches between external USB source and HDD archive.SET UP Opens and closes the setup menu of the HDD DVD recorder.– z + Adjust the v

18Note:Do not connect any other equipment while the device isswitched on. Switch off the other equipment as well before connecting it. Only plug the d

ENGLISH19CONNECTION AND PREPARATION _____Connecting a televisionYou have four options, depending on the sockets you have on yourtelevision or flat scr

2CONTENTS______________________________5-6 HDD DVD recorder GDR 5550 HDD5 Special features of your HDD DVD recorder5 Disc formats6 Scope of delivery7

20Connecting a televisionusing cinch cables1 Plug the cinch cable supplied into the »VIDEO OUT« socketon the HDD DVD recorder and the corresponding so

ENGLISH21Connecting a television using cinch cables (pro-gressive scan)Caution: This connection transmits video signals at a high frequencyrange. Befo

22Connecting an audio system with analogue two-channel stereo soundAs an alternative to using the television’s speakers, the sound canalso be played b

ENGLISH23Connecting a digital multi-channel amplifier ordigital two-channel audio systemA multi-channel audio/video amplifier (Dolby* digital decoder

24Connecting the power cord1 Plug the mains cable supplied into the »110-240V~« socketon the back of the HDD DVD recorder.2 Plug the power cord into t

ENGLISH25INITIAL SETUP___________________________Switching on the HDD DVD recorder1 Switch the HDD DVD recorder to standby mode by pressing»Ǽ« on the

26INITIAL SETUP___________________________Entering a new time and date1 Select the date line with »S« or »A« and press »OK« toactivate it.2 Enter the

ENGLISH27INITIAL SETUP___________________________Setting the TV normThe colour norm of the HDD DVD recorder’s screen menus has to beadapted to the for

28Time shift – watching a current television programme with a delayWhen you switch on the HDD DVD recorder, the current pro-gramme that you can see on

ENGLISH297 Dialog line with buttons and their functions.»A« or »S« select the television station or the AVchannel to be recorded in the time shift mem

ENGLISH349 Frame search49 Slow motion49 Frame-by-frame playback49 Selecting camera angles for scenes49 Enlarging and moving a screen section (zoom)50

30Watching programmes with a time shift1 When you switch on the HDD DVD recorder, the current pro-gramme that you can see on the television screen is

ENGLISH31Searching for scenes in the time shift memoryYou can search for scenes in the current recording. The programmecontinues to be recorded in the

32DISC PLAYBACK_________________________Preparation1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder.2 If an audio syst

ENGLISH33DVD playbackDVD featuresYou can recognise a DVD by the logo on the label.Depending on the content of the DVD, the discs contain one ormore ti

345 Advance frame-by-frame by pressing »!«.6 Press »8« to resume playback.7 To stop playback, press »7« twice.Opening the playback menu1 You can open

ENGLISH35S-VCD/VCD playbackS-VCD/VCD featuresYou can recognise S-VCD/VCDs (video CDs) by the logo on thelabel.Depending on the contents of the S-VCD/V

36DISC PLAYBACK_________________________Frame search1 Select the playback speed during playback by pressing »m«or »,«.2 Press »8« to resume normal pla

ENGLISH37DISC PLAYBACK_________________________Playing audio and video filesDivX©Video CD featuresDivX©Video is an encoder/decoder based on the MPEG-4

38DISC PLAYBACK_________________________Note:You cannot playback from the DivX© video disc whilst recordingon the HDD archive.End the recording to pla

ENGLISH39DISC PLAYBACK_________________________Selecting a title in steps (SKIP)1 Select the next title by pressing »6« during playback.2 Press »5« to

477-83 Editing data on the HDD archive77 Preparation77 Copying a title to disc78 Deleting titles in the HDD archive78 Sorting titles in the HDD archiv

40DISC PLAYBACK_________________________Selecting and showing subtitles (DivX©Video CD only)DivX©Video CDs provide two types of subtitles.There are th

ENGLISH41Picture data CD playbackJPEG CD featuresJPEG stands for Joint Picture Experts Group. This process wasdesigned to compress picture files.JPEG

42Random playback1 Press »RND« during playback.– All the pictures on the JPEG CD are shown in a random order.2 Press »RND« to quit the function.Select

ENGLISH43KODAK picture CD featuresThis method was developed for archiving analogue photographs.After they are developed, small photographs are scanned

44Audio CD playbackAudio CD featuresYou can recognise audio CDs by this logo.Audio CDs only contain sound recordings. They can be played inthe normal

ENGLISH45Preparation1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder.2 If an audio system or an AV receiver is connect

46Displaying the info line1 Press »DISPL« or »OK« once or twice to display the info line.– You will see information about the title, total running tim

ENGLISH47Selecting and playing scenesYou can make a bookmark for a scene of a recording in the HDDarchive. This bookmark can be selected directly for

48The sound is muted for the picture search, slow motion and freeze-frame functions.Depending on the disc in use, some of these functions maybe unavai

ENGLISH49Frame searchYou can choose amongst various speeds (forwards or backwards).1 Select the forward or reverse playback speed during playbackby re

ENGLISH5Special features of your HDD DVD recorderYour HDD DVD recorder provides you with perfect digital video record-ing and playback in studio quali

50Switching the dubbed language or the audioformat*These settings allow you to listen to a dubbed language other thanthe default one if the DVD provid

ENGLISH51Repeating a chapter, a title or a discDepending on the type of disc, you can repeat chapters, titles, folders or the entire disc.1 To repeat

52Recording optionsYou can record television programmes on the HDD archive of theHDD DVD recorder or on a DVD+RW/-RW and DVD+R/-R.– Immediately, with

ENGLISH53Recording quality and timeFor the discYou can set the quality of the recording. The table below shows therelationship between quality and rec

54RECORDING – GENERAL INFORMATIONNote on recording qualityPay attention to the recording quality, whether you set it manually orwith the timer, when y

ENGLISH55Preparing for recording1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder.2 Press »Ǽ« to switch on the HDD DVD

565 Press »●« to start recording.– The amount of recording time available is shown.Notes:During the recording, you can press »●« to enter the switch-o

ENGLISH57The YesDVD function allows you to make professional home videosfrom your recordings.At the end of recording, the HDD DVD recorder automatical

58Preparing for recording1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder.2 Switch the HDD DVD recorder to and from st

ENGLISH59Recording on the HDD archive and simultaneousplayback from the HDD archive1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD

6Scope of delivery1 HDD DVD recorder GDR 5550 HDD2 Remote control3 2 batteries, 1.5 V, type AA4 EURO-AV (SCART) cable5 Power cord6 Antenna cable7Cinch

60Recording on the HDD archive and simultaneousplayback from disc1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder.2 Pr

ENGLISH61Recording on disc and simultaneous playbackfrom the HDD archive1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD record

62If the HDD archive is full up or you want to make a back-up copy ofspecial recordings, you can copy the data from the HDD archiveonto a disc.1 To ma

ENGLISH63Programming recordings by entering the data forthe television programmeNotes:You can store the television programme on a disc or in the HDDar

645 Select »Record To« with »S« or »A« and activate with»OK«.Select the recording medium (HDD = HDD archive, DVD = disc)with »S« or »A« and confirm wi

ENGLISH6513 Select »OK« with »S« or »A« and press »OK« to confirmthe recording data.– The »Timer list« menu appears on the screeen.Note:If you do not

66Checking, modifying or deleting recording dataPreparationSwitch on the television.Select the »AV« channel on the television for the HDD DVDrecorder.

ENGLISH67The index screen of the DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RWshows the title, length, quality and date of the recording. The firstframe of the reco

683 During playback, select »Chapter marker« with »S« or »A«and activate with »s«.4 To add your own markers, select »Insert marker« with »S« or»A« and

ENGLISH69Creating a new title thumbnailYou can select and save any scene as a new index thumbnail picturefor the title.1 Select »Title« with »S« or »A

ENGLISH7SET-UP AND SAFETY ____________________This HDD DVD recorder is designed to record and play back video andaudio signals.Any other use is expres

70Editing the names of recordingsYou can give recordings a name.1 Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW in the disc com-partment.2 Press »i« to open th

ENGLISH71Deleting titles (recordings) from the disc1 Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW in the disc com-partment.2 Press »i« to open the main menu.3

726 Press »SOURCE« to select the input source (for example, TV).– Display: for example, »P1 ARD«, the current TV station isshown.7 Select the televisi

ENGLISH73Entering the name of the discYou can enter a name for each disc; the name is shown on the indexscreen.1 Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW

744 Select the disc information »MY DVD« by pressing »S« or»A« and activate with »s«.– The disc menu is displayed.5 Select »Erase disc« with »S« or »A

ENGLISH75EDITING DATA ON A DISC ______________Finalising title editingIf you have edited titles or chapters, a DVD player may not be ableto display th

76Finalising a disc (DVD+R/-R/-RW only)If you want to play a DVD+R/-R on a DVD player, you must firstfinalise it. The HDD DVD recorder is able to play

ENGLISH77In the »HDD archive« menu there are many options for editing therecorded programmes.You can select titles and copy them to disc or delete or

78EDITING DATA ON THE HDD ARCHIVE __Deleting titles in the HDD archive1 Select the title to be deleted with »S« or »A«.2 Press » « (red) to delete the

ENGLISH79Splitting titles in twoYou can split a title into two. Afterwards you can then delete thesetitles separately, so that you can use the memory

8The main functionsThis section briefly describes the main functions of your HDDDVD recorder.Time shift – watching a current television pro-gramme wit

80EDITING DATA ON THE HDD ARCHIVE __Creating a new index thumbnail for a titleYou can select and save any scene as a new index thumbnail for thetitle.

ENGLISH81Blocking playback of a titleYou can only start playing back the title once you have entered apassword.1 Select »Lock« with »S« or »A« and con

82Viewing information via the HDD archiveThis function tells you about the HDD archive memory (total memory, memory already assigned and the memory st

ENGLISH83Deleting data in the HDD archiveThis function deletes all the data in the HDD archive.Caution:Even the protected recordings in the »HDD archi

84Note:Do not connect any other equipment while the device is switched on.Switch off the other equipment as well before connecting it.Only plug the de

ENGLISH85Recording from external devicesPreparationSwitch on the television.Select the »AV« channel on the television for the HDD DVDrecorder.Put a DV

86Connection and preparationA decoder is necessary when the HDD DVD recorder receivesencoded programs from a private broadcaster.Ask your dealer about

ENGLISH87Recording pay TV programmesPreparationSwitch on the television.Select the »AV« channel on the television for the HDD DVDrecorder.Put a DVD+R,

88Connection and preparationTo connect a digital camera or an external storage medium, switchthe HDD DVD recorder into standby with »Ǽ« and switch it

ENGLISH89Playing back content from external data devicesPlayback1 Press »Ǽ« on the remote control to switch on the HDD DVDrecorder from standby mode.2

ENGLISH9The YesDVD function (from page 57)The YesDVD function allows you to make professional home videosfrom your recordings.At the end of recording,

90Copying content from external data devices to discThis function allows you to copy files from an external data deviceonto a DVD+R/+RW or DVD-R/-RW.D

ENGLISH91Authorising the content of a DVDFilms on DVD may be wholly or partially unsuitable for children.These DVDs contain information which marks th

92Selecting the digital outputHere you select whether the audio signal is emitted from the »DIGITAL AUDIO OUT« socket in the original data format (All

ENGLISH93AUDIO SETTINGS _______________________Switching the dynamic range (volume range) onand offDolby digital soundtracks have a very large dynamic

94Language settingsYou can choose between various languages.1 Press »SET UP« to open the setup menu.2 Select »SETUP-MENU – LANGUAGE« ( ) with »S« or»A

ENGLISH95Switching the screen saver on and offWhen this function is activated, the screen saver starts when nofunction has been selected on the HDD DV

96Inserting chapter markers in recordingsThis function allows you to specify whether and how often chaptermarkers are automatically set during recordi

ENGLISH97Tuning television channels automatically1 Open the »MAIN MENU« of the HDD DVD recorder by pressing »i«.2 Select the » TimeShift« menu item wi

98SPECIAL SETTINGS ______________________9 To enter the channel number or frequency of the TV station,select »Search Type« with »S« or »A« and press »

ENGLISH99Setting the time and dateIf you do not want to use the date and time broadcast by a tele-vision station, you can set it manually.1 Press »SET